Another progressive slot machine in Colorado may have malfunctioned and displayed a false multimillion-dollar jackpot. This time a gambler at the Wildwood Casino in Cripple Creek was told she won about $11 million when the actual jackpot was worth $1,627.

Here’s the official scoop from the Division of Gaming:

At 6:42 p.m. on June 1, Mary McMahon of Colorado Springs was playing a 25-cent Bally’s Diamond Line stand alone progressive slot machine at Wildwood Casino at Cripple Creek when the top progressive prize of $1,627.82 was awarded. The progressive display screen on the slot machine alternately displayed “JACKPOT,” “$1,627.82,” “CURRENT,” and “$11,000,600.00.” The incident is currently under investigation by the Colorado Division of Gaming.

In late March, a machine at Fortune Valley Casino in Central City told Louise Chavez that she had won nearly $43 million. A forensic investigation by the Gaming Division determined her correct prize was actually $20.18. A calculating error in the game’s software caused the slot to malfunction, according to the investigation.

The Gaming Commission’s decision to allow Colorado casinos to lower the payout on blackjacks from 3:2 to 6:5 stirred “more public discussion” than any other action in recent member, said Division of Gaming director Ron Kammerzell.

“Lost in the discourse regarding the rule changes was the fact that the changes were more about choice than they were about odds,” Kammerzell wrote in the Gaming Division’s monthly newsletter. “Although we remained neutral, we took the proposed changes before the Commission because there was no legal reason why they should not be approved.”

He says many casinos will choose not to lower the blackjack payouts to 6:5. The change is optional and no casino has gone public with their plans.

Not surprisingly, no operator has stepped up to the plate to acknowledge that they made the request to the lower payout. That information should have been disclosed with the public proposal.

Even if it’s to just acknowledge that they plan to add a new blackjack game such as double exposure or single-deck, the property or properties that requested the rule change should be required to speak up.

Quite honestly, I would be surprised if Ameristar didn’t change its tune. That property has by far the largest crowds on the weekends, and during peak hours I’m sure they would have no problem filling a multi-deck, 6:5 game, so long as the minimum bet is no more than $10.Read more…

The Gaming Commission’s decision to allow Colorado casinos to lower the payout on blackjacks from 3:2 to 6:5 stirred “more public discussion” than any other action in recent member, said Division of Gaming director Ron Kammerzell.

“Lost in the discourse regarding the rule changes was the fact that the changes were more about choice than they were about odds,” Kammerzell wrote in the Gaming Division’s monthly newsletter. “Although we remained neutral, we took the proposed changes before the Commission because there was no legal reason why they should not be approved.”

He says many casinos will choose not to lower the blackjack payouts to 6:5. The change is optional and no casino has gone public with their plans.

Not surprisingly, no operator has stepped up to the plate to acknowledge that they made the request to the lower payout. That information should have been disclosed with the public proposal.

Even if it’s to just acknowledge that they plan to add a new blackjack game such as double exposure or single-deck, the property or properties that requested the rule change should be required to speak up.

Quite honestly, I would be surprised if Ameristar didn’t change its tune. That property has by far the largest crowds on the weekends, and during peak hours I’m sure they would have no problem filling a multi-deck, 6:5 game, so long as the minimum bet is no more than $10.Read more…

The Gaming Commission’s decision to allow Colorado casinos to lower the payout on blackjacks from 3:2 to 6:5 stirred “more public discussion” than any other action in recent member, said Division of Gaming director Ron Kammerzell.

“Lost in the discourse regarding the rule changes was the fact that the changes were more about choice than they were about odds,” Kammerzell wrote in the Gaming Division’s monthly newsletter. “Although we remained neutral, we took the proposed changes before the Commission because there was no legal reason why they should not be approved.”

He says many casinos will choose not to lower the blackjack payouts to 6:5. The change is optional and no casino has gone public with their plans.

Not surprisingly, no operator has stepped up to the plate to acknowledge that they made the request to the lower payout. That information should have been disclosed with the public proposal.

Even if it’s to just acknowledge that they plan to add a new blackjack game such as double exposure or single-deck, the property or properties that requested the rule change should be required to speak up.

Quite honestly, I would be surprised if Ameristar didn’t change its tune. That property has by far the largest crowds on the weekends, and during peak hours I’m sure they would have no problem filling a multi-deck, 6:5 game, so long as the minimum bet is no more than $10.Read more…

Andy Vuong joined The Denver Post as a business reporter in 2000 after graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a news-editorial degree. His primary beats are gambling, telecommunications and technology. Over the years, his coverage has included everything from aviation to federal courts.